page_title: Institute for Plasma Research
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Institute for Plasma Research / Remote Campuses / Center of Plasma Physics - Institute for Plasma Research (CPP-IPR) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Founder Director Prof. S. Bujarbarua
context_page_description: The Institute for Plasma Research is an autonomous physics research institute located in India. The institute is involved in research in aspects of plasma science including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas and plasma technologies for industrial applications. It is a large and leading plasma physics organization in India. The institute is mainly funded by Department of Atomic Energy. IPR is playing major scientific and technical role in Indian partnership in the international fusion energy initiative ITER. It is part of the IndiGO consortium for research on Gravitational Waves.
context_section_description: Sarbeswar Bujarbarua 
  In pursuance of the national policy recognising plasma physics as one of the thrust areas of the present day research, Government of Assam established the Centre of Plasma Physics in the year 1991 as an autonomous research institute to pursue basic research in theoretical as well as experimental plasma physics and its related areas. Centre of Plasma Physics was an autonomous research institute under the Education (Higher) Department of Government of Assam. The Centre started functioning since April, 1991 in a rented house located at Saptaswahid Path, Dispur, Guwahati. The Governing Council of the Centre consists of four eminent scientists of the country with representatives from Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Bombay and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta; top level State Government officers and some local members. The first Chairman of the Governing Council was Professor Predhiman Krishan Kaw(died June 18, 2017 of Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar), a world-renowned Plasma Scientist who took keen interest for the all-round development of the Centre. After the expiry of its 3 years' term, the Governing Council of the Centre was reconstituted by the Education Department with Prof. A.C. Das, Dean of Physical Research Laboratory as its chairman. The founding Director of the Centre, Prof.Sarbeswar Bujarbarua , is a distinguished plasma scientist of the country and recipient of `Vikram Sarabhai Research Award' in 1989 and  Kamal Kumari National Award| in 1993.
  Over the last few years after its formation, the Centre has taken up several theoretical investigations in fundamental plasma processes such as nonlinear phenomena, instabilities, dusty plasma and has set up facilities for conducting basic plasma physics experiments. Funds are available from several Central Government agencies (like Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Science and Technology), the Centre has taken up  experimental programmes in the frontline areas of plasma physics, such as dense plasma focus and dusty plasma. During the last seven years the Centre has published more than 50 original research papers in standard international journals. The scientists of the Centre are working in close collaboration with national and international institutes like Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, Kyushu University, Japan, University of Bayreuth, Germany, Culham Laboratory, UK, and Flinders University, Australia, to name a few. The Centre also runs a Ph.D. programme with students registering with Guwahati University. Another component of the academic activity of the Centre consist of holding lecturers and colloquia on plasma physics and other branches of physical sciences.
  Center of Plasma Physics, Institute for Plasma Research, Sonapur, Kamrup, Assam, became a new campus of IPR as Center of Plasma Physics, Sonapur was formally merged with IPR with effect from 29 May 2009.CPP-IPR is headed by Centre Director, Dr K. S. Goswami and is managed by a Managing Board headed by Director, IPR. It has at present twelve faculty members, fourteen other staff and a number of research scholars and project scientists. The theoretical and experimental research is oriented towards basic plasma physics as well as programs that complement the major programs at IPR.
caption: Founder of CPP-IPR Prof. S. Bujarbarua
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